Campus Life
Engineering technologists plug in to the business of IT
Okanagan College Media Release Information Technology (IT) managers increasingly have the ear of senior management and have a seat at the table when it comes...
Popular three-minute thesis contest returns to UBC campus
UBC Okanagan graduate Jennifer Forsythe, shown with parents Tracy and Irwin, was the winner of the Three Minute Thesis competition at Celebrate Research week...
Short list announced for Okanagan Short Fiction contest
More than 90 entries for 17th annual story contest It will be a tough call. A total of 93 entries were received for the 17th annual Okanagan Short Fiction...
Take it outside! Conference focuses on outdoor play
Okanagan College Media Release Child’s play is serious work for a group of academics, professionals, and planners who will be gathering March 6 at Okanagan...
New awards honour aviation pioneers and help college students take flight
Okanagan College Media Release Students enrolled in the Commercial Aviation diploma program at Okanagan College will soon get a lift from new awards that...
UBC celebrates the research, and those who are making a difference
Full week of activities highlights students, professors, and projects that matter Research matters. Whether it’s a new chip on cell phones to monitor health,...
A comedic curling match with the devil takes the stage in upcoming Red Dot Players production
Okanagan College Media Release What could be more Canadian than W.O. Mitchell, a curling competition with the devil set in the Prairies and curling stones that...
Okanagan College Students’ Union supports the future of trades
Okanagan College Media Release The profile of Okanagan College’s Kelowna campus along KLO Road will change significantly over the next year and the Okanagan...
UBC Okanagan animal therapy program launches BARK2GO
Students Charlie Drummond and Christy Hui have organized BARK2GO and will station volunteers and therapy dogs in three different locations across UBC’s...
Okanagan College’s Dr. Barry McGillivray has decided to reinvest in the economy of the region that has treated him well
Okanagan College Media Release Dr. Barry McGillivray, Associate Dean of the College’s School of Business, is donating $100,000 to develop a research centre at...
New Construction Craft Worker program coming to the College
Okanagan College Media Release The people who do the work of a Construction Craft Worker are a vital part of every construction site and team. They install...
Concussions, their effect, and return to play, topic of Science in Society Series talk
Okanagan College Media Release When is it safe for an athlete to return to play following a concussion? In recent years, concussions resulting from sports...
Carter family donation to enhance study space for trades students at Okanagan College
Okanagan College Media Release A generous gift by a local family will help support the creation of two new study spaces at Okanagan College, as part of the...
Interior Savings, UBC team up to go places never thought possible
Interior Saving’s Gene Creelman (left) poses with CRIS staff, Eric Rampone, Troy Becker, and Dawn Widdifield, along with UBC Okanagan’s Rebecca Frechette...
UBC presents Jay Ingram for a second night
Award-winning writer and broadcaster Jay Ingram is UBC Okanagan’s next distinguished speaker. He will discuss the science of Alzheimer’s on Wednesday,...
Okanagan Heat family bids farewell to long-serving basketball coach
After two decades on the court, coach Semeniuk retires and hangs up the hightops Heather Semeniuk has coached UBC Okanagan’s Heat women’s basketball team...
Oline Smith Awards help college students pursue their dream careers in trades
Okanagan College Media Release Knowing that the annual awards created in her name are bettering the lives of local college students would have been the...
UBC nursing students volunteer at Kelowna’s Global Village
A medical tent, complete with a rat, shows the stark reality of medical care in many countries around the world. Stage is set to teach elementary students how...
Daniel Boone’s character awakens in College professor’s debut novel
Okanagan College Media Release In her debut novel All True Not A Lie In It, released today, Kelowna-based author Dr. Alix Hawley recounts the poignant...
Christian family donation drives new student space at Okanagan College
Okanagan College Media Release Students at Okanagan College’s Kelowna campus will soon have a bright new gathering space thanks to a donation by a local...